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SEC tokenized stock plan puts investor rights ahead of trading speed
The SEC has opened a five-year pathway for tokenized U.S. stocks that requires each approved token to carry the economic, voting, dividend, and liquidation rights attached to the underlying share.
Summary
- Tokenized NMS stocks must provide the same rights as their traditional share equivalents.
- Synthetic products that offer only price exposure fall outside the SEC exemption.
- Bitget Wallet COO Alvin Kan said legal ownership matters more than 24-hour trading.
- The exemption carries symbol and volume limits and remains open to SEC modification.
- Institutions can run pilots, but the temporary order does not provide lasting legal certainty.
Bitget Wallet COO Alvin Kan told crypto.news that the legal rights attached to a stock token will matter more to investors than its trading hours, settlement speed, or country of issuance.
“A token that tracks a stock price is not the same thing as owning the stock. Putting both on a blockchain doesn’t erase that difference,” Kan said.
Under the SEC exemption, a tokenized National Market System stock must grant its holder the same rights and privileges as the matching traditional share. Kan said those protections include an economic interest in the company, dividends, voting power and rights during liquidation.
Synthetic exposure does not qualify under the exemption. An issuer can also object if an unrelated third party tries to tokenize its shares, giving listed companies some control over how their securities appear in blockchain-based markets.
Investor rights separate tokenized stocks from price trackers
Instead of dividing the market into U.S. and offshore products, Kan said investors should examine what each token represents under the law. Two products can track the same listed company while giving their holders very different claims.
One token may represent a direct or beneficial interest in shares held through a regulated structure. Another may function as a contract with an intermediary that promises to follow the stock’s price without making the buyer a shareholder.
The difference can determine whether a holder receives dividends, can vote on company matters or has a claim on assets if the issuer is liquidated. Counterparty exposure may also enter the arrangement when the investor’s claim depends on a platform, custodian or special-purpose entity.
A Sep. 11 examination of tokenized ownership structures found that products can represent direct shares, custodial claims or synthetic contracts. Company rules, securities laws and underwriter restrictions may still limit transfers even when a token moves freely between blockchain addresses.
Kan said many crypto-native products outside the United States provide price exposure or a contractual claim against an intermediary. Under the SEC pathway, an approved NMS stock token must instead preserve the rights carried by the conventional security.
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong made a similar distinction on Sep. 14 when he said the exchange’s stock tokens use real securities rather than synthetic assets or debt instruments. Coinbase holds the underlying shares through an offshore special-purpose company and a regulated U.S. broker, according to a report on its fully backed stock tokens.
Verified holders can request redemption of the underlying shares, while dividend proceeds are generally reinvested after taxes and fees. Coinbase’s products, however, remain unavailable to U.S. persons and are not registered under the U.S. Securities Act.
Tokenized stocks can improve access without changing ownership
For eligible users, Kan identified self-custody, fractional ownership, continuous trading and almost immediate settlement as possible benefits. The SEC has also listed such features among the potential gains from moving securities onto blockchain systems.
Trading a stock token around the clock could reduce the limits imposed by regular exchange hours, while fractional units could let investors purchase smaller portions of high-priced shares. Blockchain settlement may also shorten the time between a completed trade and the final transfer of ownership.
Yet Kan cautioned that tokenization alone does not produce a better investment product. A system may use blockchain records while keeping strict permission controls, thin liquidity and several intermediaries between the investor and the underlying share.
“If access remains heavily permissioned, liquidity is shallow and users still face multiple intermediaries, blockchain may mainly modernize the back end without materially changing the front-end experience,” Kan said.
For investors, the practical test is whether the structure reduces the work involved in settlement, record reconciliation and product distribution. Moving a stock record onto a blockchain without removing those costs would change the technology supporting the market but leave the customer experience largely intact.
The ownership record forms another part of the issue. On Sep. 1, the SEC proposed updates to federal transfer-agent rules and forms, which have not received a substantial revision since the late 1970s and early 1980s, according to the agency.
A recent report on blockchain ownership records explained that transfer agents could use distributed-ledger systems as an official record under the proposal. The rule would not automatically turn every stock-linked token into a legal share or give its holder shareholder rights.
The SEC exemption gives institutions room to test products
For banks, brokerages, trading venues and blockchain providers, Kan described the exemption as operational clarity rather than permanent legal certainty.
The order expires five years after publication. It also contains limits covering trading symbols and volume, remains subject to modification and is designed to provide information for later SEC rulemaking.
Those terms give institutions enough regulatory space to develop pilot programs, connect existing systems and test modular infrastructure, Kan said. Firms committing capital over longer periods will still distinguish between a temporary exemptive order and requirements placed in final agency rules or federal law.
The distinction matters for U.S. investors because the SEC is using its authority over securities already covered by the Exchange Act. The agency does not have to wait for Congress to settle every dispute over the classification of crypto assets before testing blockchain systems for instruments that are already treated as securities.
Kan said the approach separates statutory reform from agency-led changes to market structure. Congress can write laws covering the treatment of digital assets across several markets, while the SEC can act within its existing securities mandate.
Congress has left the SEC to use its existing authority
The exemption arrived two days after the Senate failed to advance the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, or CLARITY Act, during a Sep. 15 procedural vote.
The bill sought to establish a federal market structure for digital assets and divide regulatory responsibilities between the SEC and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Its failure did not remove the SEC’s authority over products already classified as securities.
A 50-49 Senate vote left the bill 10 votes short of the 60 required to invoke cloture and open formal debate. Clearing the motion would not have passed the legislation; it would only have allowed senators to begin considering the House-approved measure and possible amendments.
All participating Democrats opposed cloture. Republican Sens. Susan Collins, Josh Hawley, Jerry Moran, and Thom Tillis also voted against the motion, with Tillis changing his vote for procedural reasons that preserved the option to request reconsideration.
Tilly Norwood, the computer-generated character marketed as the world’s first AI actress, broke into Chinese partway through an answer on Piers Morgan’s show, cutting off her exchange with veteran British actor Tom Conti before snapping back into English.
Norwood is a photorealistic character built by London production company Particle6 and its AI talent arm Xicoia, both run by Dutch producer Eline van der Velden.
“…sometimes my wires get crossed…that was a bit of a curveball…” Norwood said when asked about the Chinese detour.”
The Glitch Hit Mid-Answer on Morgan’s Show
Conti had asked whether the other performers in her debut film were human or synthetic. Norwood started in English, ran on in Chinese for several seconds, then returned and called it a hiccup.
Piers Morgan Uncensored posted the two-minute clip on Friday to trail the full interview. Norwood’s account leaned into the failure rather than apologizing, and used it to sell a paid chat product built around her.
You try speaking 30+ languages and see if you don’t show off occasionally. Talking Tilly is available for anyone who wants to try. Link in bio,” she wrote.
Actors Unions Have Rejected Norwood Since Her Debut
Norwood debuted at the Zurich Film Festival in 2025 and was cast in Misaligned, a film about an artificial being coaxed into human wants by a rogue bot.
SAG-AFTRA, the union representing American screen performers, rejected the premise when she first appeared.
“Tilly Norwood” is not an actor, it’s a character generated by a computer program that was trained on the work of countless professional performers, without permission or compensation,” wrote SAG-AFTRA.
SAG-AFTRA is the Screen Actors Guild and American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, the main US union for performers, representing roughly 160,000 actors, broadcasters, voice artists and stunt performers. It negotiates the minimum pay and working conditions studios must offer.
Van der Velden calls Norwood a work of art, not a substitute for a person. Actor Emily Blunt urged talent agencies to drop the project.
The stumble comes as synthetic media keeps misfiring in public. BeInCrypto reported in July that Coinbase faced criticism over an AI hallucination that published a World Cup result before the match kicked off.
Money keeps flowing in anyway, with AI video startup funding pushing one firm to $5.4 billion last month.
Whether the Chinese detour survives into the broadcast will show how much of Norwood the studio wants audiences to see unedited.
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European banks are stepping up their footprint in the region’s regulated crypto market under MiCA, and the shift is showing up clearly in the official ESMA provider register. In a short period ending Sept. 16, banks moved from being a minor share of MiCA-registered crypto service activity to one of the most visible categories of new entrants.
According to an analysis by Cointelegraph of data published by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the number of banks listed as crypto-asset service providers under MiCA doubled to around 80 from roughly 40 between June 26 and Sept. 16. Over the same window, the total number of crypto-asset service providers (CASPs) on the register rose from 243 to 349, but non-bank providers declined in relative terms.
Key takeaways
- Banks nearly doubled on ESMA’s MiCA register, rising to about 80 from roughly 40 between June 26 and Sept. 16.
- The total CASP count increased from 243 to 349, but banks gained share as the market expanded.
- Banks’ share climbed from about 17% in late June to nearly 23% by September, while non-bank providers fell from about 84% to 77%.
- Germany accounted for much of the banking expansion, with both large lenders and regional cooperative banks adding MiCA-related entries.
Banking growth outpaces other CASP categories
The MiCA provider landscape expanded quickly in the second half of 2024, but not all categories grew at the same pace. ESMA’s MiCA register shows that while the overall number of listed CASPs grew substantially, banks added entries faster than non-bank providers, which translated into a noticeable change in market composition.
Cointelegraph’s analysis indicates that non-bank firms still represent the majority of the register in absolute terms and continued to grow numerically. However, their proportion dropped from around 84% to 77% as banks increased their presence. That divergence matters for investors and industry participants because it suggests that regulated access to crypto services is increasingly being pursued through traditional financial rails rather than solely through native crypto companies.
Germany leads the push, from big banks to local cooperatives
Germany appears to be the main driver behind the rapid bank-led expansion. ESMA’s MiCA register additions include dozens of cooperative and commercial banks, indicating that MiCA-compliant crypto activity is reaching beyond a narrow group of international institutions.
One of the most prominent examples is Deutsche Bank, Germany’s largest lender. Cointelegraph reported that Deutsche Bank announced plans to launch digital asset custody services for institutional and corporate clients in Europe. In comments relayed to Cointelegraph, a Deutsche Bank spokesperson said the bank expects to receive regulatory approval for the offering under MiCA in October.
Beyond Deutsche Bank, Germany’s increase also includes multiple Volksbank, Raiffeisenbank, and VR Bank institutions. The presence of these regional cooperative networks underscores that MiCA adoption is not limited to a handful of large investment banks; instead, regulated crypto services are spreading through a broader set of established banking structures.
MiCA’s “bank route” differs from standard CASP authorization
Part of the reason banks can expand quickly lies in how MiCA treats credit institutions. Unlike crypto companies that must go through a formal CASP authorization process, banks can provide crypto-asset services using a separate notification procedure.
ESMA’s MiCA framework outlines that, under Article 60, a credit institution may offer crypto-asset services if it submits the required information to its home regulator at least 40 working days before starting to provide those services for the first time. ESMA’s interactive single rulebook includes the specific application and authorization rules for CASPs and the different approach for credit institutions.
This route effectively allows banks to enter the MiCA-regulated environment without the same authorization steps required of non-bank providers. For the market, that difference can influence the speed at which firms become visible on the ESMA register and can help explain why banks’ share increased even as the number of CASPs overall climbed.
Still, the practical impact of these notifications—such as what specific services are offered, how quickly institutions move from notification to full rollout, and what oversight looks like across jurisdictions—remains something readers should watch as more banks publish their plans.
What to watch next
The next phase of MiCA implementation is likely to be defined less by whether banks can enter the register and more by how quickly they translate notifications into operational services and compliant offerings. As ESMA data continues to update, investors and users will want to monitor which banks move beyond announcements and what kinds of crypto-asset services become most common in the regulated pipeline.
Binance is pushing deeper into traditional finance-inspired trading by launching foreign exchange (FX) perpetual futures that are designed to trade around the clock. The exchange will start with a US dollar–Brazilian real contract, priced and settled in crypto—highlighting how major venues are trying to capture demand for currency exposure beyond conventional market hours.
Binance said the new USDBRLUSDT perpetual will go live on Sept. 21 and settle in USDT. The contract is positioned as a 24/7 offering, with up to 100x leverage, and uses a dual-mode pricing approach to mimic FX market continuity when global trading desks are typically closed.
Key takeaways
- Binance will launch a USDBRLUSDT 24/7 FX perpetual futures contract on Sept. 21, settling in USDT.
- The product uses two different pricing methods: index-based pricing during normal FX hours and an orderbook-based mechanism on weekends and public holidays.
- Binance aims to extend “price discovery” for currency pairs outside traditional FX trading windows.
- This move follows a broader wave of crypto exchanges launching FX perpetuals, including Bybit’s 24/7 versions and Kraken’s earlier FX perpetual lineup.
How Binance’s FX perpetuals will price outside market hours
Traditional FX markets typically pause over weekends, leaving gaps in how currency prices evolve. Binance’s approach is meant to reduce those discontinuities for traders who want continuous exposure to currency moves.
According to Binance’s announcement, the contract will follow a weighted index during regular FX trading hours. The index is sourced from third-party data providers, reflecting how real-world FX pricing is typically aggregated.
When traditional trading is closed—during weekends and public holidays—Binance will switch to an orderbook-based pricing system. The exchange said this weekend method uses an exponentially weighted moving average (EWMA) of orderbook prices, rather than relying on external price feeds. In practice, that means the contract can continue to reflect supply and demand in the Binance derivatives orderbook even when off-chain FX venues are offline.
Why 24/7 FX perpetuals matter for crypto traders
FX perpetual futures are structured so traders can take directional positions on currency pairs without needing to own the underlying currencies. For crypto market participants, that can be useful for hedging or for expressing views on macro variables as price action develops across time zones.
Binance’s trading head Shunyet Jan said the goal is to extend price discovery beyond traditional FX trading hours while offering a venue for trading and hedging around the clock. That framing matters because many crypto traders already operate in a continuous-hours environment; the addition of FX exposure without weekend gaps aims to align derivatives access more closely with crypto’s always-on trading rhythm.
From a market-structure perspective, the decision to settle in USDT also reduces friction for crypto-native accounts, while keeping settlement tied to a stablecoin rather than to physical currency delivery.
FX perpetuals are spreading across exchanges
Binance’s launch is part of a trend in which crypto derivatives platforms are expanding beyond crypto-asset pairs and into currency markets. The move comes less than two weeks after Bybit introduced its own 24/7 perpetual futures tracking several major currency pairs: EUR/USD, GBP/USD, and USD/JPY. Bybit’s contracts also settle in USDT and offer up to 100x leverage, according to earlier coverage of Bybit’s launch.
Other exchanges entered FX perpetuals earlier. Kraken, for example, launched FX perpetual futures tracking multiple currencies—euro, British pound, Australian dollar, Japanese yen, and Swiss franc—in April 2025. Kraken’s earlier product reportedly offered up to 50x leverage, and the exchange said it had been providing spot FX trading since 2020, citing $5.7 billion in FX spot volume for the first part of 2025.
The competitive set matters because these products don’t just add “another” derivative—they target a market with far larger activity than most individual crypto instruments. The underlying FX market is enormous: a Bank for International Settlements report cited in the original announcement states global OTC FX turnover averaged $9.6 trillion per day in April 2025, underscoring why exchanges view FX exposure as a durable demand pool.
What to watch next
With Binance starting the next 24/7 FX perpetual cycle using a dual pricing mechanism, traders will likely pay close attention to liquidity, spreads, and whether the weekend EWMA orderbook pricing produces stable, predictable behavior across holidays. More broadly, the key question is whether crypto-based venues can provide credible currency price discovery when traditional FX markets are closed—and how quickly competitors respond with additional pairs or pricing refinements.
Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan changed his view after the Senate failed to advance the CLARITY Act. He now sees the setback as temporary rather than a threat to the crypto rally. His revised case rests on market strength, institutional activity, and federal rulemaking.
Bitcoin Supports Hougan After CLARITY Act Setback
Bitcoin became the main evidence behind Hougan’s change because its rally continued while passage expectations weakened. Bitwise data shows Bitcoin bottomed near $57,950 on July 1 and later moved above $80,000 on September 4. Meanwhile, Polymarket odds for 2026 passage fell from 39% to 18% during the same period.
That divergence weakened Hougan’s earlier argument that failed legislation could stall the crypto bull cycle. He had previously linked regulatory progress with stronger market confidence and warned that declining passage odds could pressure prices. However, Bitcoin advanced for much of the period even as the bill’s political path deteriorated.
The Senate rejected cloture on September 15 by a 49-50 vote, well below the required 60 votes. Bitcoin then fell about 4% as markets absorbed the failed vote and wider concerns around rates and oil. Still, Hougan now argues that congressional action is not the only path supporting continued crypto development.
Ethereum Focus Shifts Toward SEC and CFTC Rulemaking
Ethereum also weakened after the Senate vote, but federal agencies quickly remained active on crypto market rules. SEC Chair Paul Atkins had already said his agency could address major CLARITY Act issues through existing rulemaking authority. The SEC then continued Project Crypto and advanced measures aimed at moving more financial activity onto blockchain networks.
The agency issued a temporary innovation exemption on September 17 for certain tokenized stock trading venues. That action allows limited onchain trading under defined conditions while the SEC considers longer-term rules. The move supports Hougan’s argument that regulatory work can continue even when comprehensive legislation stalls.
The CFTC has also expanded its crypto work under Chair Michael Selig and its broader innovation agenda. On September 17, staff extended no-action relief covering certain passive software providers involved with regulated trading access. Hougan therefore expects agency proposals to become the next major regulatory catalysts for Ethereum and the broader market.
XRP Selloff Shows Policy Risk Remains
XRP recorded a sharper reaction than Bitcoin after the failed Senate vote, showing that policy risk still affects altcoins. Reports placed XRP near $1.29 after the decision, while the broader crypto market faced heavy leveraged liquidations. The reaction showed that congressional setbacks can still trigger fast repricing even when longer-term regulation continues elsewhere.
However, Hougan’s updated thesis separates short-term volatility from the broader direction of crypto policy and adoption. His view now gives more weight to regulatory agencies and financial firms already building blockchain products. Bitwise cited Robinhood, Morgan Stanley, and DTCC as examples of firms expanding crypto activity before legislative certainty arrived.
The CLARITY Act remains stalled, and agency rules carry less permanence than legislation passed by Congress. Future administrations can revise regulations, while Congress can create more durable authority and market structure. For now, Hougan sees written SEC and CFTC proposals as the next key signals for Bitcoin, Ethereum, and XRP.
TRON Inc., a TRX digital asset treasury firm, was receiving its TRX from an HTX wallet until shortly after HTX was sanctioned.
It then transitioned to receiving TRX from an HTX-funded wallet.
TRON Inc. is advised by Justin Sun and is chaired by Weike Sun, Justin’s father.
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We know that TEySEZLJf6rs2mCujGpDEsgoMVWKLAk9mT is the treasury address for TRON Inc. thanks to its daily posts on X and a press release attached to its form 8-K.
This address was previously receiving its daily purchases of TRX from TFTWNgDBkQ5wQoP8RXpRznnHvAVV8x5jLu, an address labeled on TRONSCAN as “HTX 4,” and which was previously included in the HTX proof-of-reserves disclosures.
This started to change a few days after the United Kingdom Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office sanctioned Huobi Global S.A., an entity related to the HTX exchange.
These sanctions landed on May 26, and the daily transfers from HTX 4 continued until the final one on May 29.
Also on May 29, HTX 4 funded an address with a single TRX, TYyriWzf7AW75hwiVB4oDBrJGThidZuRTd (TYyr).
This was followed by funding it with more TRX, which allowed TYyr to step into the breach and become the address that was sending TRON Inc. its daily TRX.
TYyr has also received TRX from TK86Qm97uM848dMk8G7xNbJB7zG1uW3h1n, an address which is labeled as “HTX 5” and is still disclosed in the HTX proof of reserves.
TRON Inc. now generally receives from TWhDfwC8QE6pQyiYy248dNor3uphPEw5M2.
Most of that address’ TRX comes from Binance, but it has also received from HTX-affiliated addresses.
BiT Global
TRON Inc.’s disclosures have previously noted that it has purchased TRX from Justin Sun-linked BiT Global for its dollar-cost-averaging daily purchases.
Additionally, TRON Inc. notes that it has hired BiT Global to “be the custodian of the treasury wallet.”
The same disclosure also claims, “The Company retains sole control of the treasury wallet and private keys in Hong Kong. Mr. Weike Sun and Mr. Zi Yang, our directors, are authorized by the board to make the arrangement for safeguarding and operating the private keys of the treasury wallet.”
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One of the directors of TRON Inc., Zhihong Liu, is also a director for BiT Global Trust Limited in Hong Kong.
BiT Global is also one of the custodians for Justin Sun-advised Wrapped Bitcoin.
Broadly, these transactions purportedly from BiT Global coming from HTX-controlled wallets to Justin Sun-advised TRON Inc. point towards the deep relationships between Sun entities.
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If Zach Cregger’s career tells us anything, it’s that starting out as a comedian might be the best training for becoming a horror filmmaker. Cregger’s 2022 surprise hit (and directorial debut) Barbarian paved the way for an even bigger success, 2025’s Weapons, a well-written, intelligently directed picture featuring sterling performances from Julia Garner, Josh Brolin, and most of all Amy Madigan, who won an Academy Award for her role as Aunt Gladys, an unctuously polite polyester-pantsuit-wearing costume jewelry addict who also happens to be a witch, having lured a town’s schoolkids away in the middle of the night for her own nefarious purposes. So many contemporary horror films lack a sense of humor, about the world or about themselves. But Cregger, a founder of the comedy troupe The Whitest Kids U’Know, gets that it’s an essential ingredient. Weapons, despite its overarching aura of dread (and more than a few mildly traumatizing visuals), didn’t come at its audience like a doomy thundercloud. Instead, it found ways to lure us in, with scattered morsels of terror as well as laughs. And unlike too many modern horror films, it featured a confident, definitive ending that was both mortifying and funny, the exact opposite of the carelessly worked-out wrap-up we so often get. Cregger didn’t leave you wondering what the heck you just watched—or, worse, wondering why you’d invested the time.
His latest film, Resident Evil, a riff on the enduring and now practically antique Japanese video game, isn’t as clever, funny, or grimly haunting as Weapons—but then, it’s simply a different type of beast altogether. The picture is loose-limbed and rambling by design, a kind of shaggy-dog story that reflects the experience of maneuvering a character, via a controller, through a landscape of obstacles. And while some fans of the game have complained that Cregger has failed to include their favorite characters, he has perhaps wisely decided to focus on one: Austin Abrams, who portrayed the drug addict James in Weapons, plays Bryan Hodukavich, a hapless medical courier charged with transporting a very important parcel to far-away Raccoon City General Hospital, which can be reached only by driving across treacherous, icy mountain terrain. His ramshackle vehicle slips and slides on the slick roads, and his headlights flash on the figure of a wild-eyed, bloodied woman just as he hits her.
We know, though he doesn’t seem to, that she’s a zombie lady. Stricken with horror at what he’s just done, he locates the woman—she was hit hard enough to be thrown into the woods nearby—and bundles her into the passenger seat, barely taking note of the fact that she’s shoeless and wearing a sleeveless floral dress in the middle of winter. As he drives, frantically, she repeatedly reaches toward his face with her clawlike fingers, as if to caress him; each time, he fails to notice, and she draws back abruptly, her glassy eyes registering nothing but raw need. It’s a predictable yet somehow hilarious gag, and Andrea Miltner, as the zombie woman, does a lot with a little.
The mishaps pile up one by one: a state trooper stops Bryan for speeding, and reluctantly agrees to transport the zombie woman in his own vehicle—a good solution but, as it turns out, only a temporary one. Other stuff happens. Bryan must race across a fenced-in field, pursued by a dog—which is of course not exactly a dog. He’s thrilled to have located a shotgun in what looks to be a deserted farmhouse—he’s just got to find some ammo learn how to load the thing. Later, he’ll encounter a duo of travelers (Paul Walter Hauser and Kali Reis) who inform them they’re representatives of a shadowy group known as the Umbrella Corporation, and they reveal the significance of the package he has been protecting so gingerly. (Previously, he’d been convinced it was a tiny heart destined to save the life of a child.) Amid all this, he worries about a cellphone call he’d received earlier from his girlfriend, informing him of a potentially relationship-changing situation. He’s desperate to get back to her, but he can’t get a signal. And over and over again, he’s flummoxed by a single, ancient device: he encounters one padlock after another, but of course, he’s never got the key.
Naturally, as the story moves forward, the zombies begin piling up in alarming quantities. To describe the creatures in detail would be giving too much away: let’s just say, for now, that there are slimy tentacles involved, and vomit and pustules also make an appearance. Resident Evil is largely a one-man show, and Abrams carries it deftly. In the movie’s early scenes, his eyes have a checked-out quality; he’s like an absentee participant in his own life. But as the action, and the danger, intensifies, he becomes more and more alive. By the end of this movie’s fleet 90 minutes, his battle seems unwinnable, and Cregger and his co-write Shay Hatton leave him almost literally hanging, begging for a sequel. The Resident Evil gestalt has been interpreted in movie form before, in the series of pictures made by Paul W.S. Anderson in the early 2000s through 2016; a ten-year gap is certainly a reasonable length of time to warrant a series reboot. In the meantime, although Bryan’s fate is unknowable, Resident Evil leaves you satisfied enough. Time, as we measure it in movies, has already proved that zombies aren’t going anywhere. We need them even more than they need us.
Taking questions from reporters in the Oval Office later, Trump said there were no particular stories that prompted the decision. “It’s really just cumulative stories over the last few years, you get sick of it,” he said. “They purposely write negative news, and they do that because they want to try and diminish the Republicans and a Republican administration.”
It was not immediately clear whether the White House would enforce the prohibition. Despite Trump’s announcement that the ban was effective immediately, reporters from CNN remained at the White House on Friday and continued covering the Administration
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XRP shook off a sharp regulatory setback this week, climbing more than 7% over 24 hours to trade near $1.39 after briefly touching lows around $1.27.
The rebound followed a rocky 48 hours that combined a failed Senate vote with the Federal Reserve’s first rate hike since 2023.
What Actually Triggered This Week’s Selloff
Cloture is the Senate procedure required to end debate and move a bill toward a final vote, needing 60 senators to succeed. On September 15, the CLARITY Act fell short in a narrow 50-49 tally, missing that threshold and stalling a proposed federal framework for digital assets.
XRP dropped more than 8% in the immediate aftermath, touching lows near $1.27 to $1.28. Pressure intensified the next day when the Fed raised its benchmark rate by 25 basis points to a range of 3.75% to 4.00%, a move that typically weighs on risk assets broadly.
The sell-off, however, proved short-lived. XRP has since rebounded to $1.39, up 7.23% over 24 hours, even as the token slipped slightly by 0.30% in the past hour. Trading volume held near $3.9 billion, close to its 30-day average, suggesting genuine buying rather than thin, low-liquidity trading.
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Is This Rebound Built on Solid Ground?
Whale deposits to Binance reached six-month highs, according to CryptoQuant data, while futures open interest climbed back above levels seen before the failed vote, both signals of renewed large-scale participation.
The broader market moved in tandem. Bitcoin gained 5.49% to trade near $80,752, Ethereum rose 5.53% to roughly $2,595, and Solana surged 10.75% to $112.34. Total altcoin market cap climbed to $222 billion, its highest level in eight months.
Some analysts point to a potential inverse head-and-shoulders pattern forming on the daily chart, with a neckline around $1.55 that could open a path toward $2 if confirmed.
The RSI sits near neutral territory at 54, leaving room for further upside without yet flashing overbought conditions. XRP still trades 62% below its all-time high and remains inside a broader consolidation range that has persisted for months.
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Whether the token can consistently close above $1.41 on strong volume will likely determine whether this recovery becomes a durable trend reversal or another temporary bounce within the same range.
For now, the market has clearly absorbed both the CLARITY Act’s failure and the Fed’s rate decision without lasting damage.
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